** Description changed:
In some window managers (I believe KWin is one of them) the user is able
to initiate a drag-and-drop operation, then press alt-tab to raise a
window that will be the drop target, and only then release the mouse
button so that the drag-and-drop is performed. This is not possible with
Metacity, Beryl, Compiz or Xfwm. It is unclear to me whether this is a
limitation of the window manager or some other part of the system.
+
+
+ ------------------------------------------
+
+
+ Use Case:
+
+ Dragging movie/audio files from nautilus to totem.
+
+ Steps to Reproduce:
+
+ 1. open totem media player full screen
+ 2. open nautilus full screen
+ 3. browse to media files
+ 4. select some media files (e.g. a movie file) and move it to start a drag
and drop operation
+ 5. press Alt+Tab
+
+ Observations:
+
+ Nothing happens.
+
+ Expected Results:
+
+ Alt+Tab should allow the user to switch tasks and preserve the drag
+ state, so the user can drag files from one application to another.
+
+ Notes:
+
+ Drag and drop works if the applications are tiled to the left/right of
+ each other, or if they are windowed so it should work when they are full
+ screen.
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Assignee: (unassigned) => John Lea (johnlea)
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: New => Triaged
** Tags added: udp
** Changed in: unity
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: unity
Milestone: None => backlog
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: Fix Released => Triaged
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Low => Medium
** Changed in: compiz
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111939
Title:
Not possible to alt-tab during a drag-and-drop operation
Status in Ayatana Design:
Triaged
Status in Compiz:
Confirmed
Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
Triaged
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
Confirmed
Status in Unity:
Triaged
Status in Xfce4 window manager:
Unknown
Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “mutter” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
In some window managers (I believe KWin is one of them) the user is
able to initiate a drag-and-drop operation, then press alt-tab to
raise a window that will be the drop target, and only then release the
mouse button so that the drag-and-drop is performed. This is not
possible with Metacity, Beryl, Compiz or Xfwm. It is unclear to me
whether this is a limitation of the window manager or some other part
of the system.
------------------------------------------
Use Case:
Dragging movie/audio files from nautilus to totem.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open totem media player full screen
2. open nautilus full screen
3. browse to media files
4. select some media files (e.g. a movie file) and move it to start a drag
and drop operation
5. press Alt+Tab
Observations:
Nothing happens.
Expected Results:
Alt+Tab should allow the user to switch tasks and preserve the drag
state, so the user can drag files from one application to another.
Notes:
Drag and drop works if the applications are tiled to the left/right of
each other, or if they are windowed so it should work when they are
full screen.
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